Chapter 4 is here! In case I haven't mentioned it yet, I have set the warning as T for swearing!
We arrive at the first place right on time. Luckily there was not a lot for us to do except for sound check so there was more sitting around waiting for our turn.
Like in any sound check, the main headline goes up first and it goes in reverse order of the people performing. All of the girls and I sat on some of the chairs already laid out for the gig tonight watching as the boys set themselves up for sound check. The stage I had to admit was perfect for the boys. It was set out with enough space for them to run around on with a large lit up sign reading 'All Fired Up'. Natsu let me in on a secret that they were planning to use pyrotechnics tonight so the sign would be set on fire for a few numbers at the end of their set which I thought would be amazing! I promised him that I would watch tonight at the sides so I could watch it happen.
"This is amazing!" I heard Levy say next to me.
"I know. We finally made it!" I said back excitedly. Levy wraps an arm around me and she hugs me tight.
"So what did you and Natsu talk about? I heard Erza and Jellal left you two on your own because you two seemed to give each other 'the look'." I look at Levy shocked.
"The look?" I ask
"You know..'the look'. When two people look at each other and the room suddenly becomes awkward because there is some tension going on?"
"What? That's crazy! There was no 'look' and there is nothing going on with Natsu and I. We just talked about each other's songs and got to know him a little better. Seeming as we are going to be spending a lot of time with them, I thought that it would be best to get to know him as much as possible" I explain.
Levy just snorts. "Like you didn't know already."
I give Levy a 'what do you mean' look. Levy just rolls her eyes.
"We all know that you were a massive fan of Natsu's band before we got this gig. Erza even told me about your background on your computer being a picture of 'All Fired Up' a few months ago." I start to blush knowing full well that I have been caught red handed as a fan of my main support act.
"Just don't tell him alright. I said to him that I went to one or two of his gigs for research, but he doesn't need to know that I am a massive fan of theirs until I am ready to tell them. I don't want to freak Natsu out when I've just become friends with him." I plead
Levy just winks at me. "You have my word" and with that I know that the conversation is done. It's a good thing I trust Levy with my secrets.
Just as we finish, the boys start to sound check. It's all of the boring '1-2 1-2' crap that any person who works on events knows happens, but the boys made it interesting. They played a few covers of songs which get us all up and dancing and singing along with them, but they made us laugh when insults were thrown between the boys just to keep the sound check interesting.
After an hour or so, it was our turn. Since there wasn't any other support act, we were going to be the first ones up on stage!
The sound check was so much fun! We weren't like the boys and trying to keep ourselves entertained however. Something tells me that Erza would have our heads if that ever happens. But we did do an awesome cover of 'Umbrella' by Rhianna to keep ourselves amused. The boys had stayed behind to see us sound check like we did for them and I caught some of them singing along which spurred me on more! As an all girl rock band, it was quite nice covering a pop song for a change. We were almost done sound checking when we thought it would be fun to play 'Umbrella' again since it was our 'lucky song' that we played during most sets. During our second round of playing the song, suddenly the boys had disappeared from their seats and had turned up with umbrellas on stage and started dancing really badly to the music. We couldn't keep a straight face throughout it and just fell about laughing! Luckily we did enough for the sound tech's to be happy so the boys ran off stage with us in pursuit! From then on, we all agreed to keep an eye out incase they decided to do that again tonight!
After that we had a good few hours to kill before the first gig of our tour! To be honest, we spent most of that with the boys until an hour before we had to go up on stage since we needed to get changed and Natsu explained to me that they liked to be left alone so that they could be 'in the zone' before going on stage.
We got called to the edge of the stairs that led to the stage ten minutes before our set. I literally felt like my legs were going to turn to jelly as I take a sneak peak around the curtain to see a packed hall with 'All Fired Up' signs everywhere! As we got given the five minute call, I huddled the girls into a corner and started to say a speech that I had been preparing for the whole hour that we were getting ready.
"Girls. This is finally it! All of our hard work and effort has brought us to this moment and sometimes I need to pinch myself to realise that this is actually happening and that I get to experience this with my three best friends. But it doesn't matter what, we are together in this and I just wanted you to know that I love you all and that we are going to show those boys how it is done!" I say making all of the girls smile in return.
"Juvia just wants to say that Juvia is so happy that Juvia met such amazing people. Juvia loves you all and we are going to kick ass and play the best gig of our lives."
"You said it guys. I love you all and we will play the best night of our lives tonight. This is our first gig and our first chance to show everyone what we can do. Remember first impressions always count." Erza adds in.
"Same to you all girls. We've all got this. We know this set list by heart! We have practiced this over a hundred times so just enjoy yourself girls. Let's rock this shit!" Levy says putting her hand in the middle of our huddle where we all join our hands in completing out pre-gig ritual by lifting them up as one shouting out 'Mages'.
Just in time, we get called to the stage to a deafening scream. The fear suddenly turns into adrenaline and I practically run onto the stage to my microphone! Word had travelled fast that we were the main support and there were banners everywhere for our band! Grabbing the microphone in front of me, I take a quick scan around the hall, take a quick look at my band members, give them a reassuring smile and scream into the microphone "Hello!"
In return for my scream we get a large scream back. Thank God for our ear plugs that we have to wear on stage. They are the only things right now that stop myself from going deaf.
"Wow this is amazing guys! Thank you so much for turning out! We are The Mages and here is our first song."
Erza counts us in with her sticks and all of us are transported into our own world which we had been working so hard for.
Wooh! First night on tour! What do you think? I am not going to put lyrics into this story except for one chapter which is used for effect. Sorry guys if you were expecting this to be a lyric story - I dont like writing stories with loads of lyrics in!
Anyway I hope you like this chapter! The story is picking up now! Thank you for those of you who have followed this story so far, and welcome those who have just found this story! Please read, follow and review! Always encourages me to write more!